“When somebody tells me something to my face, I expect it to be truth,” Youngblood told Bianchi. “When it turns out to not be the truth, that doesn’t (put him) very high on my Christmas card list.”

After the 2009 season, Meyer announced he was taking a leave of absence in December after suffering chest pains and being taken to the hospital after Florida lost the SEC Championship Game to Alabama, 32-13.

But in March, Meyer returned to full-coaching duties, after assistant Steve Addazio served on an interim basis.

But after an 8-5 season, Meyer said he was retiring to spend more time with his family on Dec. 8, 2010. He coached the Gators to a 37-24 win against Penn State in the Jan. 1, 2011, Outback Bowl.

He then took a job as ESPN college football analyst and on Nov. 22, 2011, accepted the head coach position at Ohio State, less than a year from saying, “I’ve not seen my two girls play high school sports. They’re both very talented Division I-A volleyball players, so I missed those four years. I missed two already with one away at college. I can’t get that time back.”

Youngblood, who played at UF from 1968-70 and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, said Meyer used Tebow during his tenure at Florida, too.

“He said character was the No. 1 thing and the main thing he was recruiting on,” Youngblood told Bianchi. “That didn’t happen. And then all of the stuff at the end of (his time at Florida), there just was no consistency to me.”